That woman played the victim first, "Abby and her mom think we eat too much; they're trying to kick us out with a broom. She told us we're not allowed to step foot in your house ever again."
Abigail didn't care about her image anymore; she pointed at her and shouted, "Bullshit! Your son was the one who spilled my skincare products first, and you dare to slander my best friend!"
The woman spat on the ground, "Pfft! Out of all the people, why did you have to be friends with Cornelia? She's a shameless woman and everyone around here knows the dirty deeds she's done. If she can do all that, why can't people talk about it?"
Abigail, "Shut up!"
Abigail's dad shouted, "Abigail, you shut up!"
Abigail looked at her dad, her eyes welling up with tears of injustice, "Dad, aren't they sucking you dry enough? Now you're just going to blindly side with them?"
Her dad glanced at her, then at his tear-streaked wife, hesitating for a moment, "Abby, they're your uncle's family."
Abigail interrupted, "Is my uncle dead? You're not him; why do you have to support his wife and son? Is there such a thing in this world? They're not disabled; can't they earn their own living?"
Abigail's dad wanted to say something, but Abby's tearful mom spoke, "I've been tolerating them for a very long time. I could swallow it, but now they're bullying my daughter. Today, you must give me a clear answer! If you want to keep them, we're leaving. This house can either have us or them, not both."
Abigail's dad frowned, "Why are you causing trouble now? The soup in the kitchen is almost ready; go serve it. Leave this matter to me."
Hearing this, Abby's mom, who had been enduring for many years, was extremely disappointed. She suddenly laughed, "Haven't I endured enough over these years? I'm causing trouble? Who's really causing trouble in this house? If it weren't for these leeches, would we only be able to afford a $100,000 house in Riverton for our daughter?"
Their jobs were not bad; the salary was good in Rosenberg. Excluding their expenses and occasional aid to their daughter, they still had a lot of surplus, but all these surpluses were taken away by them.
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Beautiful novel. Can we have a continuation of Zavier and Skyler's story? Them getting back together? Short story.......